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Britain's Katie Boulter states she believes she has to "decide between my physical condition and my professional position" as the competition carries on for a position in next January's Australian Open main draw.

While the standard WTA Tour tournament schedule is completed, there are still position points to be gained in Chile, neighboring countries, Ecuador and France.

The female entry list for the opening Grand Slam of the upcoming season will be determined by the international positions of the December cutoff, which could create a dilemma for athletes near the cut.

Health Challenges

Previous British number one Boulter suffered an abductor in her concluding competition of the year in Asian venues last timeframe, and is now weighing up whether to play in the WTA 125 Challenger event in Angers, the European nation, in the initial week of December.

Boulter's recent injury, and the situation she would need to achieve at least three matches in the French tournament to boost her ranking, means she may probably end up not playing.

Varying Approaches

In contrast, male players are not experiencing the equivalent situation, as for the first time the men's Australian Open competitor lineup will be drawn up from present week's rankings, which is the ATP's official year-end ranking date.

The modification is aimed at preventing players from pursuing position points during what is essentially the off-season.

Training Transitions

This period has been a difficult one for Boulter.

She secured just 14 Tour-level main-draw matches and recently separated with instructor Biljana Veselinovic after a extended collaboration in which she captured multiple WTA victories.

"Biljana is an outstanding trainer, and an extremely excellent individual as well, which produces circumstances extremely hard," Boulter stated.

The pursuit for a different trainer is actively progressing, looking for an individual who has elite expertise as Boulter still believes she can be a top-20 athlete.

Career Objectives

"Going forward with a replacement instructor, one thing I'm very clear on is that they are going to be a professional who has considerable experience in how to make it to the highest echelon of this sport," she explained.

"I've been ranked as elevated as twenty-three and I believe I can return there. I am not convinced my level has gone anywhere, I believe the consistency needs to enhance.

"My goal is not merely to be ranked 50, 40, 30, twenty - we've accomplished that. The goal is to be inside 20."